“Pays” he needs about 14 thousand dollars per hour.
Companies in China pay quite impressive sums to “hire” virtual employees. According to CNBC, such employees are popular in companies of various sectors, including the service sector and the entertainment industry.
The technology company Baidu said that the number of virtual people it works on for its clients has doubled since 2021. The price range for them ranges from 2,800 to 14,300 dollars per hour.
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Virtual people are a combination of animation , sound technologies and machine learning, taking the form of digital people who can sing and interact with others live. Among the buyers of virtual people are companies that provide financial services, local tourism councils and state media.
According to Li Shiyan, who heads Baidu's virtual people and robotics business, as technology has improved, costs have dropped by about 80%. For a three-dimensional virtual human, it is necessary to pay about 14 thousand per hour, and for a two-dimensional one – about two.
According to Li's forecasts, the industry of virtual people will show a steady annual growth of 50% until 2025.
< p>The field of virtual people is very popular in China. So, in August, Beijing announced that it plans to build a municipal industry of virtual people worth more than 50 billion yuan (about seven billion dollars) by 2025. Local authorities have called for the creation of one or two local enterprises providing similar services, with an operating income of about five billion yuan (about 700 million dollars) each.
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